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Re:Rust hello world app for Windows 95, cross-compiled from ... by bluedino on Saturday May 13, 2023 @03:10PM (#35931634)
Watching 90's GUI programs is always fun because you can see the graphics as they are drawn, which I don't seem to remember from back then.
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Re:Rust hello world app for Windows 95, cross-compiled from ... by robinsonb5 on Saturday May 13, 2023 @05:23PM (#35932883)
If you're nostalgic for that, there's plenty of modern software with a watch-it-paint-itself UI. <coughSagecough>
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Re:Rust hello world app for Windows 95, cross-compiled from ... by robertlagrant on Saturday May 13, 2023 @05:30PM (#35932941)
I have never heard anyone call Sage "modern software" before : - )
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Re:Rust hello world app for Windows 95, cross-compiled from ... by robertlagrant on Saturday May 13, 2023 @05:30PM (#35932944)
Now we have spinners that twirl while we wait for graphics to transmit from another continent.
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Re:Rust hello world app for Windows 95, cross-compiled from ... by hulitu on Sunday May 14, 2023 @12:53PM (#35939328)
And GUIs which redraw the whole screen when the cursor blinks. /s
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